On Jan. 6, Congress meets to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, in spite of a fake news story spreading on social media that claims Biden is stepping down. 

“President-elect Biden steps down as president-elect,” reads the headline in a screenshot of “breaking news” story purportedly published by “FOX” on Jan. 1.

The story goes on to say that Biden “resigned as President-elect after consulting with his family & legal team due to an unspecified health issue” and that his advisers and legal team would “make an official announcement” that night. 

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Searching for the text in the screenshot we found the post on a website called channel22news.com. But what’s not clear on Facebook is that this is a hoax. On the actual site, there’s also a picture of a clown and the words “You got owned!” and “You’ve been pranked!”

Biden has not stepped down. 

We rate this Facebook post Pants on Fire!

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